>To finish this year no matter what:>>1. My current novel, Check Mate,>with under 10K left to go.

CHECK

>2. Applications to teach workshops at the>ACFW conference are due by December 31.>I've got prelim work done on five apps,>but need to finalize them and send them>in.

Still have to finalize two of these. Two of four are done and submitted, and I'm not going ahead with the fifth.

>3. Three entries to judge for the Phoenix>Rattler writing contest, also by the end>of the year.

CHECK

>4. Pick one of my prepped novel ideas and>develop it further to start writing in>January.

After consultation with my agent, I have two proposals to work on in January, one for a novella (in a collection) and one for a novel. I expect I'll keep going on the novel after the proposal is submitted, unless something else comes up. I'm probably not far enough along to sell by proposal alone (but that isn't stopping us from trying!)

Strangely, this wasn't one of my partially prepped ideas but a new one she and I came up with after consulting an editor.